Jay Evensen: Are cities grabbing power from Washington?

Can local leaders solve issues better than politicians and bureaucrats in Washington?
I'm not in the habit of posing silly questions, but I'll bet many of you snickered at that last sentence. Utahns, residents of a unique Western state thousands of miles from Washington, are used to having national leaders dictate tone-deaf solutions to their problems.
From the Clean Air Act to rules for low-income housing to presidential decrees of national monuments, Washington imposes conditions on locals tha